Young lion causes hour long traffic jam

A curious young lion has caused an hour-long traffic jam in South Africa's Kruger National Park after using a bridge to cross a river.

The footage was captured by videographer John McAdams and uploaded to the official Kruger YouTube channel last Wednesday.

"We were driving through the southern portion of Kruger National Park and observing a group of hippo in the river when we saw a bunch of activity of the bridge ahead of us," Mr McAdams said.

"Thinking that it might be a lion that was attracting all the attention, we drove up there to investigate and sure enough, a young male lion was crossing the bridge and stopped all traffic in both directions.

"We sat there for over 30 minutes observing and photographing the lion at a safe distance."

Kruger National Park stretches across nearly two million hectares and is home to an estimated 2000 lions, according to its official website.